St. Vincent Charity Medical Center worked with a Cleveland-area police chief to create Safe Passages, a means for police in four suburban districts to offer medical help to substance abusers rather than incarceration. The Safe Passages program is profiled in the February 1 issue of Catholic Health World. [More]

Eddie Anderson and the mother of his three children were working together to raise their kids. He voluntarily enrolled in the fatherhood program at A Father’s Place, which is a program of the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, to get help with securing employment, becoming a better parent and improving his relationship with his children’s mother. [More]

The Richfield Chamber of Commerce named Regina Health Center the Richfield Business of the Year at its recent annual banquet and meeting. The chamber cited the ministry for demonstrating success, being recognized in the health care industry regionally and nationally, being a good citizen in the community, and for making an economic impact on Richfield and the region. [More]

A nationally noted leader in his field, surgeon John Collis, M.D., revolutionized treatment for patients suffering from back pain. Dr. Collis, who is co-director of the Spine & Orthopedic Institute at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, was the first doctor to establish spinal surgery as a sub-specialty in neurosurgery. The hospital recently published an article about Dr. Collis’ background and his many achievements on its blog. [More]

Mercy Medical Center’s Outpatient Diabetes Education program has been awarded continued recognition from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for offering high-quality education services to the patients it serves. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Health System and the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Valeria Harper, chief executive officer at the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board. We are deeply saddened by the passing of Valeria on Wednesday, January 10. [More]

University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin has teamed up with the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families in the Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge, which is currently underway. The coach with the most votes after four rounds wins $100,000 for their charity. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina launched its Kinship Care Initiative in 2014 to support the thousands of grandparents and extended family members or close family friends who care for a relative’s child. Columbia Business Monthly published an article about kinship care and about the foundation’s initiative. [More]

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From its Cleveland headquarters, the Sisters of Charity Health System provides oversight, leadership and strategic direction to more than 20 organizations responding to community needs in Canton and Cleveland, Ohio, and South Carolina.